[nv-l] topology database question

[Francois Le Hir <flehir@ca.ibm.com>]

Does someone know what it means when we query the topology database for a
node and it returns an empty response (with just the headline)?

ovtopodump aaa.bbb.37.74
CLASS    OBJECT ID      OBJECT               STATUS    IP ADDRESS
NODES    634600/634608  sd9wg003.aircanada.ca Unmanaged aaa.bbb.37.74
root$
ovtopodump aaa.bbb.52.71
CLASS    OBJECT ID      OBJECT               STATUS    IP ADDRESS
NODES    634600/634599  sd9wg003.aircanada.ca Up        aaa.bbb.52.71
root$
ovtopodump sd9wg003.aircanada.ca
CLASS    OBJECT ID      OBJECT               STATUS    IP ADDRESS
root$

This object seams to be correct in the object database. When doing a defrag
last night we got the following message:
sd9wg003 (1697) -- removed from topology, still in 1 maps.
sd9wg003 (1697) --   Please delete object from all maps.

We often get that type of message. Why does ovtopofix ask us to delete a
node ? (we just have one map).
Is there any other way to solve that type of problem than to delete the
objects and rediscover ?

Thanks,
Salutations, / Regards,

Francois Le Hir
Network Projects & Consulting Services
IBM Global Services
Phone: (514) 964 2145